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KINDNESS.

This, from the Anglo.Saxon cynd, and
the English kin, is a most expressive
work. shakespears says, "One touch of
nature makes the whole world Kin" 1t
means kindship, kindredness, humane,
afectionate. Pestolozzi was wonderfully
kind. The greatness Of great men has
shown itself in this quality. At one
time Lincoln, walking in his garden, was
seen TO examine carefully little bush.
s.sWhat is the matter" some one said.
:seA little bird has fallen from its nest
and Il am fixing the poor fellow up
5again,o' he answered. During a journey
in is.lawyer days on muddy prairie in
the spring, in company with several
lawyers, he passed by hog stuck fast in
the mire. His companions laughed
heartily at the predicament the poor
animal. wasin, and they rode on. When
half mile away Lincoln said, II don't
know what you think, but I'm going
back to help that hog" So out he
jumped and waded through the mire,
helped the poor porker to solid footing.
and waded back again while the wagon
waited and his companions laughed.
This was kindness, for bisquality makes
ns kin even to the most despised dumb
animals. An eloquent minister lately
said, aWhen I was boy I was as regu.
8larlY. whipped as Saturday cane. I was
"a bad boy, but a teacher came who
stopped whipping but began speaking
kindly. One day when I was vexed over
my sums and was showing impatience,
she simply stopped down and pointing
with her finger said in a quiet voice,
sThas'sthe trouble The difficulty van
sished. 7 .jszin loue aoith that teacher.
twas new era in my life. Her kind
! less saved me and I bless her memory
every day !" What triumph! One
boy saved through kindness Yes
thousands saved, and it will yet save
thousands more. Mungo Park found it
in dark Africa. So did Livingstone, for
sit;broueht 10 him faithful attendants, one
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How is Your Cooking?
The average families, both oftown Q

The average families, both oftown and -
country, do not live as well as they ought
to do. There is q considerable amount;of &
oyer-eating and under. nourishment. Thei
preparations of the principal foods, that
support life and keep up the repairs Of
the body, is not as good as it ought to =
be. Take bread, for instance, aud yoE
will find half the housekeepers of the
country make q very poor article. Even
corn bread, in many families, is a soggy,Ss
heavy mas, unfit to eat. The- the wadsS
of baked dough, called biscuits, produce
dyspepsia and bad tenlpers. There is toqs
little variety in our cooking. A womenN
can display her inventive genius by
making half dozen different kinds of
bread and rolls out Of -four. Then with
the corn meal and grits she can get up
quite variety. The country people have
eggs, butter and milk, the very basis Of /
all good cooking, and with the addition
of sugar they can gel up an endless va.ie-Fi
ty of side dishes and desserts. Children,
especially, are pleased with variety. We,
do not exhort you to crowd great yarie.s
ty on them at one meal. That is bad
taste and will produce bad health. Grits,
or hominy OF some sort, should be on
every breakfast table. Ifitwas possible
to peep into every house in the county
while The family is seated at the breakfast.
table, you would find the bill of fare
about as follows a little fried meat;
coffee, biscuits, good, bad or indiferent,
and perhaps molasses and butter.s
That goes on the year round. It gets
very monctonous afterwhile and it is no:
wonder that some of the strong boys re-;
fuse to eat breakfast. When working,
people are hungry, it is great mistake;
to attempt to fill them on fried meat and;
heavy, greasy biscuits. The boys come
in from the field, and they are ravenous.s
They will bolt solid chunks Of food.
The careful mother should know somef
thing about the human stomach and itk
wants, and she should cook so as to. meet;
these wants. The average man or wo.
man eats too much solid food, such as
NEST, heavy bread and compounds into
which much grease enters. We need,
more soups and broths, more prepala;l|
tions to be used with milk, such as mushss19
grits, hominy, cooked fruits and the Ike
There should be thousand fol1i; more
loaf bread and light rolls. Fruit or veg.
etables should be on the table every day.
Fried meat, poor bread and coffee will
never make very strong and healthy
people. Let our housekeepers begin to-
study kitchen economy and get ready for
lectures on cooking when the encampmenti
is under way.-Spartanburg Spartan. y
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Jim AkerS.

lItr .s Il
Jim Akers was tall, two.headed,
knock-kneed man, with irregular teeth,
which made his mouth look Ikea steel S
trap twisted out Of plumb. His wife eWas
large, raw-boned woman, fully g head
taller and fifty pounds heavier than Jim.
She had the temper of half:famished
wildcat, and no darkey just "getting
religion" was ever half as much afraidofS
the devil as Jim was of her; he had rea-
son to be. When she was fairly on the
warpath she breathed chain lightning
and flung cyclones from the tip cf her;
tongue. Nor did she content herself
with words only, however bitter and fu-
rious. She very often brushed the poor
little fellow with hickory until he felt
as if he had borrowed his back of q saint
fresh from the gridiron. sL!55
One bright, golden, delicious afternoon
in the latter part of March, Jim lett the
patch where he had been hard at work
all day, and "snuck cen" to his cabinsb
the back way. he proceeded hastily to-
doff his every day clothing and don his
Sunday garments, casting furtive glances
| all the while at the black browed, terrible
dame sitting in the front doorway knit.
ting. With trembling haste be completed
his preparations, and was sliambliDg out
again when his wife, previously appar.sss
emily oblivious of his presence, shot 9 |:
fierce glance at him which made him
Jump almost out of his shoes and brought
the perspiratiou out from every pore. ss; Z
"Whar you boun' fur?" she asked 5sS
"I lowed I wuz gwine down to the
fshfy fur hour orr two. Them boysiiss.
hevin'-"
"Well, you flowed wrong. You jest
biste off them close, and go back inter
that patch and finish hoein' tbem!p pertas
.ers. Don't you distress yerself 'boutno# s
fish fries"
"But ! done tole the boys wuz gwine s.
to be thar" s. - l5s5sf;is
"Well, you tole 'e'n lie." -
"But Ed Sykes and Hank Evans is
waitin' fur me now at the cross.roads,G
and I'd ruther not disappint 'em." s:I;sI ssSI
"Well, I'd ruther you would. Shetup,%
now, and do az you're told
Jim gasped and quaked with fear but,
for the first time in many years, he, thor
oughly realized the tyranny under;which
he was crushed. His heart was SETON
the fshfry, and in that feeble futtering
little organ, faint shadow, a dim eidolons
ofspirit became suddenly aroused. He#
hesitated moment, ventured even toK
return the gaze of those glowing, wrathfuls
eyes, and then started, saying:
"Well, lam a.gwine." 81
Great Jehosaphati Hot .,,la!
She swooped on him like an owl on a.
mouse. The air rwas filled and darkened I.
with dust and sandy hair and agoniz.
ing shrieks.
Ed Sykes and Hank Evans at the
"cross roads," became convinced that
Jim's cabin was on FIRE and that he was
perisbing in the flames. They rushed in
haste to his assista nee; but as they near
ed the spot the clatter subsidized, and they
heard stern feminine voice, which
caused them to halt and keep out Off
sight, say:
"Now. reckon you'll do ez yer tOle.":1
Then they recognized Jim's piping
voice, protesting betwixt convulsiyes
sobs:
"I'd sorter gin out gwine befo' yer
spoke. e."-Southern Bivouac.
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DeadlIer Than Greek Fire.

The navy department will complete
early this week, the drawing of a contract
with the Pneumatic Dynamite Gun COM
pany,, of New. York, for the construction
of a dynamite steel cruiser to be com.
pleted by June 1st. If this vessel is all
that,is claimed for it, then the harbor of
New York will be safe from any foreign
feet. The work on this vessel will be
hastened on account of possible compli-
cations between this country and Eng
land. Congress authorized the construc-
tion of this vessel last year, but very lit
tie has been said about it, and the fact
that the department. has completed the
arrangements tor its building is not gen.
orally known.
The vessel is to carry three dynamite
guns, each capable of throwing with
accuracy two hundred pounds of dyna-
mite distance of one mile. The con.
tract provides that the gun shall be
capable of being discharged once in every
two minutes. These are to be guns of
ten and one half inch calibre. The COM
pany has promised to make them twelve
inches. If the guns are made of that
capacity they will be able to throw four
hundred pounds, which would be suffi-
cient to blow up the largest vessel known
to any modern navy. The contract spec
i6es that the vessel shall have capacity
of twenty knots an hour, which means
twenty-thrse miles of speed. There are
very few vessels of great capacity capable
of making any such speed. None of the
heavy armored vessels of modern times
will be capable of running away from
this new cruiser. She is to be 22O feet
long, 26 feet breadth of beam, with u
feet draught and 5000 horse power.
The government contracts to pay for
her $3.50, 900. The company has given
bond 10 carry out this contract. If the
vessel does not reach the speed named
! she will not be accepted. The contract
also specifies that these guns are to be
fred with safety and accuracy at objects
one mile distant as another condition Of
acceptance. The company is confident il
will be able to fulfill the rigid letter oi
the contract. The plan of the boat has
been favorably reported on by naval
board and by the secretary of the navy,
Although the contract was made with
the Pneumatic Dynamite Gun company,
the boat will be constructed by the
Cramps, of Philadelphia. Naval officers
think this vessel will reyolutionize the
naval system of the world. If the exper.
imeut of her construction is successful!
modern navies will be rendered useless
A few such vessels would protect oul
coast against the combined natives ofthe
world.
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coins life that could not be mentioned in
the campaign: his crazy spell and the
book he wrote against rebellion. Mr..
Douglas said Lincoln was good man,
and they might want his help, but he
could never forgive an attack of that sort.
The episodes never appeared in the cam
paipn assaults.
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Agricultural Value of Peas.

Ihe pea regard as an essentlal crop
for all farmers to cultivate. The pea is
the clover of the South in increasing the
fertility of the soil, besides furnishing
food for man and beast.
The continued overflow of my bottom
lands, from the 18th of May until too
late to rely upon them for crop of corn,
made it necessary to provide the means
for my stock, and to do this commenced
to plant peas as soon as the wheat and
oats were harvested. On the first plat of
13 acres-wheat feld-I planted one
busbel black, half bushel red or stock,
and the balance in COW or clay peas.
From the one bushel black, say four
acres, I picked 1915 pounds, in the hull
of the red or stock, half bushel, $50
pounds; seven acres clay, 3,O9S pounds,
or 5, ,45O pounds FROM la acres, with, per-
haps SO pounds to the acre in the field,
too green at the picking.
1t will thus be seen that the black
yielded 454 pounds, the red 26S pounds,
and the clay 442 pounds to the acre.
The prospect the last of August prom
ised a much greater yield, but the hot
dry weather throughout September
lessened the yield at least one half
The black and clay varieties ripened
rapidly under The hot sun, losing all the
leaves, while the red held their leaves,
and are still holding the leaves. My ex-
perience is, the red pea is preferable
when the vine is the object desired; but
the speckled or whippoorwill is prefer
able in this, that while they do not vine,
yet, in cutting the vines, when the peas
have matured, lose less in handling.
The clay pea, planted two weeks or
more later than those mentioned, ripened
nearly as early, aud held their leaves
better.
My observation as we'll as experience
has proven that the vining varieties
should not be planted earlier than the
last week in June. The speckled or
whippoorwill may be planted at any
season after the first of May, with good
results.
When peas are planted for the benefit
of the soil, as well as for forage, the
vinipg varieties are preferable.
If our farmers were to plant more
peas, and follow with cotton, the yield
will be greatly increased from the yege.
table matter of the decaying vines, be.
sides securine nitrogen in the soil, taken
up from the atmosphere during the
growth of the plants.
The question of curing and saving pea
vines is an important one, and, if not
properly done, the leaves are lost in
handling and much Of the virtues lost.
hauled mine, half cured, and put on
poles in the barn so as to get a free cilcu-
lation of air, and they are thus cured.
Or, better still, haul in the vines and
store away by putting layer of vines
and layer of wheat or oat straw alter
nately. The vines will cure beautifully
in this way, and thus improve the straw
as forage, and certainly securing the
leaves.
The pea vines should not be cut until
they are matured, and at least one.half
of the peas are ripe.-E ". Holloway in
S. c. agricultural Bulletin.
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An SIHrEREsTING EXERCISE IN GEoG.
RAPHY.


As j have been requested to fill q short
space in onr Column" this week, think
Ican do no better than to tell of.a nice
.deyice which we have lately adopted in
Geography A. few weeks ago@l asked
S my my pupils in Appleton's Geography,
without any previous preparation, to
write me an exercise on the State OF
5sFlerida on the following plan imagine
yonrselyes spending several days travel
ing Florida, and write to ne sletter
sdecribing the country as it appears to
you. was surprised to see how readily
they responded. Forty minutes was the
time:allowed for writing the exercise, at
{ the end of which time all handed in
well llsWrittelna papers, which showed not
sonily s correct. geographical knowledge Of
the State, but dispfaye ed q lively exercise
,sths imagination. There were de.
sscriptibns of visits to the famous orange
gro,yes-sails on the beautiful st. Johns
River, excursions to.its lovely lakes, and
descriptions of st. Augustine, the city
of solden time. One Was written in the
tformSof. . journal kept during 9 weeks
travel so the wonderful "I1and Of Flow:
ers. Thus We propose to take imaginary
Journeys over each State of the Union,
especially of our fair south-laad. The
longer I teach, the more thoroughly am
Iconginced that written work is neces.
sary in all branches taught in our COM
mon schools: The easiest and surest way
to ascertain what child knows OF any
subject, is torequire him to express his
own. ideas of it in writing.
LENoRA @. HUBBARD.
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An Ontario minister prayed, one
recent Sunday morning, as follows
"Lord, bless our scrvant-girls who are
detained from joining in the worship of
thee by the sleeping Of their masters and
mistresses;;'
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lincoln suddenly slapped on his old
slough hat and hasteued down the stairs
to see his youngest sister-in-lsw. He
embraced her and lifted her out of the
carriage. He asked her to come in, but
she declined and told him what her sister
had done the day before She would
not go in, for she told Mr.. Lincoln what
he would catch if she did. Lincoln told
her, of course, he would issue her the
pass she wanted, and told her, jokingly,
that he did not care how much quinine
she carried through, and that her trunk
should not be searched. You know there
was then great to do about the SNUG
Cling of quinine through the lines.
Strange as it may seem, Lincoln's sisters
in.law-three or four of them-were very
fond of him, while his wife treated him
with ill.temper.
"stanton gave Lincoln a great deal ol
trouble. Lincoln told me that Stanton
had been meaner to him than any man
living. He said the reason that he ap'
pointed him was long story, and that
he would tell me all about it some day,
but he never did. Mcclellan thought
Stanton vas just the man for Secretary
of War, but he was abused and betrayed
by him as soon as he got in. Stanton
was constitutional scoundrel, tyrant
hypocritc and brute. I told Mr. Lincoln
all this one day, aud he agreed with me
fully, but said that he believed Stanton
was honest, 4 rare virtue in those days
The President had said to me some time
before. when 7 charged an official with
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Natural pas is hy nn m,

Natural gas is by no means q recent
discovery. Even its utilization for the
purposes Of the mechanic arts was. long
ago successfully attempted in China,
where, by pipes Of bamboo, it was con:
veyed from natural wells to suitable fur.
naces, and, by means of terra Gotta burns
ers, consumed! -. = 3. go
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j EA6HEFR{S' LUMN,
!, sG. CLINKsCALEs, EDITOR.
~ Mess. r. /. Elrod, Perry Glenn and
Clinkscales haye been appointed OF
Sfill vacancies on&the Board of Trustees
for heir respective townships.
Persons having business with the
I School Commissioner would do well to
call on Saturdays or salesdays. We can
srr,ot: be at two places at the same time.

This 6ne weather starts us ont among
! lie schools. Our effort shall be to ben.
eft every school we visit; and, if we
find abuses thai need correction we hope
I to have the courage to speak as calmly
sand as frankly as the necessities of the
ease demand.
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Last Friday We spent very pleasantly
with The Trinity school. On account OF
tho sunspariDg attacks of measels, only
sixteen of forty pupils were present.
The faithful trustees, Messrs. Neal,
Gentry and Cartee we're on hand endeaY-
soring BY their presence and counsels to
contribute to the success Of the meeting.
sOnr readers will remember that Friday
swas; tue day appointed for the meeting Of
the teachers and trustees of the township.
SOn: account of the prevalence of the
smeasels, very few Of the teachers were
present The trustees request US to state
that sSor thatreason they are excused this
timg, but that every one must be at
Tueker's school house on the first Friday
Sin March, their next regular meeting
aday. sWe e can not oyerestimatethe good
accomplished BY these township meet
iiDga. Last Friday was spent in hearing
lessons, nterchanging ideas as to the
best meth hods of instruction, etc. Patrons
.sof the school are cordially invited to
attend that they may see what is being
done, and what efforts are being made to.
improve the efficiency of the public.
schools.
- S.se - "a. .
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Tie meeting for Williamson Town
ship WILL held at Shiloh next Friday.
Tie trustees, Messrs. Lander, Hogg and
Richardson, have taken the matter in
hand and are determined to make the en-
tsrpfise q success from its very beginning.
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Trustees will be expected to make a
report to the School Commissioner at
tho end Of school year. Blanks will be
furnished for the purpose. 1t is hoped
that. the boards hays kept a corfact record
sofs their work and will be able to make
EEscorrect reports, which will certainly very
greatly aid the Commissioner in making
shis annual report to the Superintendent
sof Education
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= The drought that existed in Central
Illinois since the summer is growing more
serious. Hundreds of wells have been
dug in vain, though some succeeded, and
along some of the rivers people are cut.
ting ice, hauling it home and melting it
for water.
= The medical colleges Of the United
States have graduated over $4,000 ply
siciars during The past nine years, and
the present rate is about 1000 per an
aum.
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"A wonderful gold mine has been
discovered in Sonora, Mexico. Tho
miners get pure metal by breaking the
quartz with hammers,
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Ia Milligan, N. j., a wedding WAS
postponed because the bride had taken
sleigh ride and was nearly frozen to
death.
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The pea vines should not be cut until
they are matured, and at least one.half
of the peas are ripe.-E ". Holloway in
s. q. doricu1turdl Bulletin.
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and business men and politicians from all
over the land begged Chase to recall his
resignation. he coupled his case with
seTard's, and there was demand for
both of them to remain. They did so.
Lincoln chuckled over his cunning trick.
It saved Seward. Lincoln never had any
politics particularly but the abolition of
slavery. He believed in that thoroughly.
He was great man in natural, simple
wav, and unconscious of his powers. He
had an apt anecdote to illustrate almost
any proposition that was presented. He
was over six feet four inches, and his
fists went to his knees when they hung
down. He was the only man ever
heard Of except Rob Roy MacGregor,
whose arms were SO long. His hand was
enormous. It was like the hand OF
Providence. His features were all COM
monplace, except his eyes, which snap
ped with humor especially when he told
his stories. He had way of looking
straight into your face, with his eyes
emitting this fire that forced conviction
upon you. He would tell story with.
out seeming to disagree with your argu-
ment, that would utterly demolish your
side of the case. He did not use tobacco
at nil, nor did be drink, and storytelling
seemed to be lis only dissipation and
relaxation
Judge Nelson says that Stephen A
Douglas sent for the Illinois and Indiana
delegation to come to his house in Wash
ington one Sunday shortly after Mr.Lin'
coins nomination. Judge Nelson was
here then and went along with them
Mr.. Dougla~ told them they must say tt
the Democ. 'ic editors in the States
that there ". g two things in Mr.. Lin
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will see what 1 can do for you with the
President. think can get you pass
through the lines to your husband The
next day Mr.. Crittenden went with her
to the White House and, leaving her in
the carriage, he went up to the Presi-
dents presence and told him that his
sister-in. law, Mrs. Lucy White, of Ala
bama, was below and wanted to see him.
"'What, Lou here9I III go right down
too see her. Why didn't you bring her
, 1887-11-16

UNOFFICIAL information has been re-
ceived that the authorities at Washington
will soon be ready to order bids advertised
for the contemplated improvements in the
United States penitentiary at Laramie,
This matter has dragged along With pain
full slowncss during the whole summer,
but no more so than the preliminary ar
rangemcnts for the improvement of Fort
Russell. One cause of the delay has IN
doubtcdly been due to the fact that the
commission appointed to supervise the
matter disagreed as to the most ~servicea-
BE plans submitted. One plan contem-
plated stone cells aud the other iron cages.
The former was favored by one member
and the latter by two; and to this lack of
unanimitY some of the delay is undoubt-
cdly due.